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Michael Benson Why the Grateful Dead Matter (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- Why the Grateful Dead Matter
- Title
- Why the Grateful Dead Matter
- ISBN-10
- 1611688515
- EAN
- 9781611688511
- ISBN
- 9781611688511
- Release Date
- 03/22/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Why the Grateful Dead Matter
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Music
- Topic
- History & Criticism, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Genres & Styles / Rock
- Item Weight
- 8.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, veteran writer and lifelong Deadhead Michael Benson argues that the Grateful Dead are not simply a successful rock-and-roll band but a phenomenon central to American culture. He defends the proposition that the Grateful Dead are, in fact, a musical movement as transformative as any -ism in the artistic history of this century and the last. And a lot more fun than most. From the street festivals of Haight-Ashbury to the cross-country acid tests with the Merry Pranksters, and from the sound-and-light show at the Great Pyramid at Giza to the ecstatic outpouring of joy at Soldier Field in the summer of '15, the Grateful Dead have been at the center of American life, music, and karmic flow for fifty years. In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, Michael Benson brings it all back to life and makes a compelling case for the band's lasting cultural importance.
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Publisher
University Press of New England
ISBN-10
1611688515
ISBN-13
9781611688511
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217075745
Product Key Features
Book Title
Why the Grateful Dead Matter
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
History & Criticism, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Genres & Styles / Rock
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"The most provocative parts of the book are when Benson moves away from writing about the Dead qua Dead and tells us about his and others' experiences of the band. Chapter 31 in particular, which narrates a trip to a Jerry Garcia Band concert, is full of fascinating details and perspective related to what makes rock shows exciting." - Library Journal, The most provocative parts of the book are when Benson moves away from writing about the Dead qua Dead and tells us about his and others' experiences of the band. Chapter 31 in particular, which narrates a trip to a Jerry Garcia Band concert, is full of fascinating details and perspective related to what makes rock shows exciting., "With Why the Grateful Dead Matter Michael Benson has conjured an alternate nation-and a book for those who take their (electric) Kool-Aid by the pitcher."-Fred Goodman, author of Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock 'n' Roll
Lccn
2015-030862
Dewey Decimal
782.42166092/2
Lc Classification Number
Ml421.G72b46 2015
Table of Content
Introduction: Light the Song * They're an American Band * Of Jerry Garcia, Savior * Dead Shows Are Like Snowflakes * The Dead Are Epicurean * "Ripple" Is So Zen * They Invented a New Form of Music * Concert Sound at a Whole New Level * They Played the Pyramids * Their Instruments Were Custom-Made * Pigpen Sang the Blues * Bobby Brought the Muscle and the Sunshine * Rock Scully Was Their Manager * They Didn't Buy into the Jinx * The Birth of the Dead Was a Familial Process * Of the Acid Tests * The Lyrics of Robert Hunter Are Great Poetry * The Band Has a Philosophy * Of Academics and Business * Of Mountain Girl * Deadheads Roam the Earth * Crickets Played on Blues for Allah * Dead World Is a Kinder, Gentler Place * Their Most Spontaneous Moment Became Their Finest Hour * They Overcame So Much and Forged On * There Is Sugaree * The Commitment to a Concise Aesthetic and Traditional Song Structures * When Youth Was God, Jerry Played Old * Of the Art * The Concert Films * Their Music Is So Flexible * Of the Forty-Five-Minute "Sugaree" * Of Englishtown, and the Myriad Glories of '77 * When Jerry Died the Vibe Lived On * The Music Never Stops * Acknowledgments * Further Reading * Index
Copyright Date
2016
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